Award-winning Product Designer / Mechanical Engineer / Inventor / Entrepreneur. Speaker at TEDx, V&A Museum, Pecha Kucha, Develop3D and Shoreditch Design Festival. Specialist in 'makerspace' implementation and experiential events using digital manufacturing technologies such as laser cutting & engraving and 3D printing. Founder of three companies:- MakersCAFE: Laser cutting, 3D printing and coffee in one place. UK’s first 3D printing cafe. - RazorLAB: Online Laser Cutting and Engraving service provider. All automated and open 24/7 with NO setup fees, NO min orders and super-fast delivery.- SOPDS (Soner Ozenc Product Design Studio): Generates innovative ideas and converts them into profitable product & service proposals. It also provides Product Design Consultancy services and is involved in every stage of the product design development process -from concept generation and sketching to CAD and material & manufacturer sourcing.‘Tornado’ design has been awarded with the first prize in Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition. 'EL Sajjadah' design has appeared on the cover of T3 Magazine -No 1 Gadget Magazine in the world- with a four page exclusive preview. The same product has been selected as one of the Design Classics of the Future by The Independent newspaper. It is now part of MoMA permanent collection. ‘Time Curtain’ design has been bought by Design Museum in Seoul, South Korea. CMYKshade has been sold at MoMA shop and is now the official lighting for the food chain Wrap It Up, London, UK. Exhibited in highly acclaimed exhibitions worldwide: the UK, Italy, Germany, Austria, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Japan. Received significant worldwide press attention so far from Elle Decor, I.D. Magazine, Art Review, The Independent, Evening Standard, TimeOut, BBC, Channel 4, Wall Street Journal.
Listed skills include Product Design, Industrial Design, Sketching, Computer Aided Design, and 18 others.